Andrew J. Bacevich, a specialist in twentieth century U. S. diplomatic and military history, is professor emeritus at Boston University, where he taught from 1998 to 2014. A graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, he received his Ph. D. from Princeton. His most recent book is Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country (2013). He will spend the fall 2014 semester at SIPA as the first ever George McGovern fellow.